Paramount's production president Marc Evans and film group head Adam Goodman along with Dede Gardner, who runs Pitt's production company Plan B, are apparently acting as intermediaries, relaying messages between Pitt and Forster, such as director notes.

According to the report, the film was working under a tight deadline and without a finalized script when it started shooting last summer.

The release date had to be pushed back until June 2013 after Paramount executives and Pitt were not happy with some of the big action set pieces, especially the film's ending.